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In 2023, nearly a million people visited national fish hatcheries and conservation offices across the country. These visitors came to us to catch their first fish, welcome salmon returning upriver to spawn, and become more deeply engaged in conservation. 992,805 - Visitors to FAC facilities.
- National Fish Hatchery System Facilities
- The National Fish Hatchery System by The Numbers (2021).
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- What Does The National Fish Hatchery System Raise?
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In additional to a network of hatcheries, the National Fish Hatchery System operates 13 applied science facilities that assist fish production programs by advancing the fields of genetics, physiology, pathology, and nutrition. 1. 71 National Fish Hatcheries 2. 7 Fish Technology Centers 3. 6 Fish Health Centers 4. 1 Historic National Fish Hatchery 5...
Hatcheries can be a unique and powerful tool for wildlife conservation when they are used to recover wild populations and support sustainable recreational fisheries. 1. 110 million – Fish released by national fish hatcheries. 2. 81 million – Eggs transferred through the National Broodstock Program. 3. 16.6 million – Threatened or endangered wildlif...
Many states rely on aquaculture to stock lakes and rivers with fish populations for sustainable recreational fishing. The National Fish Hatchery System works closely with our state and Tribal partners to produce and stock fish using advanced genetic tools and techniques to maximize performance and to minimize negative impact on wild fish. 1. 106 mi...
National fish hatcheries support conservation by raising aquatic wildlife to recover federally listed threatened or endangered species, improve sustainable recreational fishing, support fisheries that have been impacted by a federal dam project, and prevent at-risk species from becoming endangered. 129 – Total number of species raised on national f...
The following table contain all taxonomic groups, all species including Distinct Population Segments (DPS) and Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESU) and all life stages (adults, juveniles, and eggs) for all species that were distributed in Fiscal Year 2021.
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In 2022, crews made 402 stockingtrips, delivering fish into 143 different bodies of water. Four (4) ODWC Hatchery crews and nine (9) ODWC regional crews worked with the following agencies: HB Parsons Fish Hatchery (OKC Parks and Recreation), US Fish & Wildlife Service, Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, Greers
Dolese Park Pond Hybrid Sunfish 1,337 2-5" Oklahoma Dolese Park Pond Rainbow Trout 4,860 10-14" Oklahoma Dolese Park Pond Rainbow Trout 254 14-24" Oklahoma Eagle Lake, Del City Hybrid Striped Bass 630 1.75" Oklahoma Eagle Lake, Del City Channel Catfish 1,715 8.2" Oklahoma
For more than a century, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife hatcheries have produced fish for harvest. Today, hatcheries provide the foundation for the state's popular recreational fisheries and the many jobs that depend on them. Learn more about WDFW's hatchery facilities and how they help the department manage fish across the state.
Hatcheries. Despite a century and a half of use, fish hatcheries (hereafter referred to as fish factories) remain an unproven method to sustain the viability and biodiversity of native fish populations, preserve the culture of commercial and recreational fishing, and uphold treaty obligations and subsistence fishing for indigenous peoples and ...
